Saturday, January 23, 2010

We welcomed two new readers, Pavithra Poonacha and Soma Kanjilal, at the first session of the year. With ten participants there was a great deal of variety at this Poetry session. The poets ranged geographically as follows: USA - 1, UK - 4, Lebanon - 1, India - 2, Mexico - 1, Russia - 1. Their styles were all the way from Elizabethan tragedy and conceits to modern and post-modern twentieth century verse. Two of the poets were read in translation, from Spanish and Russian. The mood of the poems ranged from the ominous to the metaphysical, from the lyrical to the humourous, and everything in between, such as aphorisms and parables. Here is a picture of the session in progress -